Mommy, please I want to go for a ride

Still cute, but no, Alicia, no rides in the little wagon.

Caught-ya!

Caught red handed, sitting in the little Lego wagon. Love the look on her face. Lol.

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Driving my big wheel

Strike a pose

Alicia at gymnastics class last night being cute as ever.

Easter Egg Hunting in Dubuque

This year we made it back for the Dubuque area Easter Egg Hunt. This was one of the first bigger Easter egg hunts that Alicia has ever been to. They had thousands of eggs ready for the big hunt! The football field was just littered with all the pretty pastel plastic eggs with goodies inside! They had a group of kids 5 and younger and then another group of older kids, which was nice so they all had a chance to get some treats without too much craziness. I think the whole hunt lasted about a total of 3 minutes for all the kids to scoop up the eggs! Pretty fast, considering we had spent like a hour waiting in anticipation! Alicia enjoyed the inflatable slide and greeting the Easter Bunny before the hunt started. After she picked up her stash of eggs, she went to see the Easter Bunny one more time before we left. While meeting him this time, he gave her a special treat! She got a new Easter basket with LOTS of candy inside it! She must have been the lucky number to meet the bunny or it was that she only had a small basket to collect her eggs in, or maybe it was her sheer cuteness :) Either way, she was pretty darn excited that the Easter Bunny gave her such a cool treat.

Classroom Science Fair Project

Just recently Alicia's daycare held a science fair. Alicia's classroom did a project on caterpillars and butterflies! It was pretty cool, as their teachers, Ms. Katie and Ms. Carol did a great job incorporating a lot of different activities for several days that worked with the butterfly life cycle. They had crafty projects, where they made life cycle bracelets, they practiced symmetry in drawing wing patterns, they did a butterfly cycle noodle project, and had a journal for where they drew what they saw in their caterpillar/butterfly garden dome. Of course, they read about the Hungry Caterpillar too in their reading projects.

Below is Alicia's butterfly journal and noodle project.. they have noted the egg, the caterpillar, the chrysalis, and then the butterfly. I love the journal, where the first day the caterpillar has only like one hump and only a few legs, then the next entry he's a happy colorful caterpillar with more humps and legs, and of course, cute little antennae and a smiley face :0)

Science fair at school

Alicia pictured below on how she did a bracelet.

Alicia very excited with how the butterflies have grown in their "garden."

Just today, we got a note saying the children released the butterflies outside at school.